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YULETIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Yuletide mean? 

YULETIDE (noun)
  The noun YULETIDE has 1 sense:

1. period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6play

  Familiarity information: YULETIDE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


YULETIDE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Christmas; Christmastide; Christmastime; Noel; Yule; Yuletide

Hypernyms ("Yuletide" is a kind of...):

season (a recurrent time marked by major holidays)

Meronyms (parts of "Yuletide"):

Boxing Day (first weekday after Christmas)

Holonyms ("Yuletide" is a part of...):

Jan; January (the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice)

Dec; December (the last (12th) month of the year)


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